Russian Space Agency To Hold Tender For Clipper Construction

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Illustration of the Clipper.

Moscow (SPX) Dec 08, 2005
Russia's Federal Space Agency will hold a closed tender among Russian space industry companies for the construction of a new "Clipper" manned spacecraft, the head of the agency said Wednesday, reports RIA Novosti.

Anatoly Perminov said, "We are now preparing to hold a closed tender among Russian companies."

Other than Energia rocket and space corporation, he did not specify which companies would take part in the tender.

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Energiya Corporation Suggests Using New Kliper Spaceship

Star City, Russia (SPX) Oct 31, 2005
The Energiya Rocket Space Corporation suggests using the new Kliper spaceship to create an assembly shop for a lunar complex in orbit, Nikolai Sevastyanov, the chief of the Energiya Rocket Space Corporation, said on Thursday at the meeting to welcome the return from space of the eleventh main expedition to the ISS and of the third space tourist, reports Itar-Tass.